# muu
## Translingual
### Symbol

muu
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yaaku.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Yaaku terms

## Aghem
### Noun

mú'ú
* water
    mùu ǹ ...the water of the ...

### Further reading

* Aghem Grammatical Structure: With Special Reference to Noun Classes (1979), pages 13, 18, 38
* Current approaches to African linguistics, volume 4 (Foris Publications, 1987), page 209

## Chuukese
### Noun

muu
* kingdom

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmuu]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uu
* Hyphenation: mu‧u

### Interjection

muu
* moo (the cry of a cow)

#### Related terms

* muĝi (“to moo”)
* muĝo (“a moo”)

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu. Cognate with Finnish muu, Northern Mansi мо̄т (mōt), Hungarian más.

### Pronoun

muu (genitive muu, partitive muud)
* other

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “muu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
* “muu”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
* muu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
* Rhymes: -uː
* Hyphenation: muu

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu. Cognate with Estonian muu, Northern Sami nubbi, Northern Mansi мо̄т (mōt), Hungarian más.

#### Pronoun

muu
* (indefinite) other, another
    Synonyms: eri, toinen
    Antonyms: sama, samainen
    joku muu ― someone else
    jokin muu ― something else
* (indefinite, in the plural) the others (of people)
* (indefinite) else
    Kaapissa ei ollut mitään muuta kuin tölkki papuja.There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.(literally, “There was nothing else in the cupboard than a tin of beans.”)

#### Determiner

muu
* other, another

##### Inflection

Declension of muu (type 18/maa)
noun case
singular
pluraladverbial form
singular
plural
nominative
muu
muutsuperessive
muualla
genitive
muun
muiden muittendelative
muualta
partitive
muuta
muitasublative
muualle
accusative
muu muun
muutlative
inessive
muussa
muissatemporal
muulloin
(muilloin)
elative
muusta
muistacausative
muuten
illative
muuhun
muihinmultiplicative
adessive
muulla
muilladistributive
ablative
muulta
muiltatemp. dist.
allative
muulle
muilleprolative
essive
muuna
muinasituative
translative
muuksi
muiksioppositive
abessive
muutta
muitta
instructive
muin
comitative
muine :

##### Derived terms

* muka
* mutta
* muualla
* muualle
* muualta
* muuan
* muuanne
* muukalainen
* muulloin
* muun muassa
* muunkaltainen
* muunkielinen
* muunkuntalainen
* muunlaatuinen
* muunlainen
* muunmaalainen
* muunsukupuolinen
* muuntaa
* muuntua
* muutama
* muuten
* muuttaa

#### Further reading

* “muu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

#### Interjection

muu
* (onomatopoeia) moo (a sound made by a cow)

##### Synonyms

* ammuu, möö

##### Related terms

* ammua

## Ingrian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
* Rhymes: -uː
* Hyphenation: muu

#### Pronoun

muu
* (in the singular) the other
* (in the plural) others

#### Determiner

muu
* other, another

##### Synonyms

* (the other): toin
* (others): toin
* (other): toin

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “the other”): yks
* (antonym(s) of “others”): yks
* (antonym(s) of “other”): sama, yks

##### Derived terms

* muites
* muukalain
* muuttaa

### Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Akin to Finnish muu.

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
* Rhymes: -uː
* Hyphenation: muu

#### Interjection

muu
* moo

### References

* V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 101
* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 322

## Karelian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmuː/
* Hyphenation: muu

### Pronoun

muu
* the other, another

### Determiner

muu
* other, another

### References

* P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 111
* P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “другой”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

## Kumeyaay
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

muu
* ram, bighorn sheep.

## Livvi
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muu. Cognates include Finnish muu and Estonian muu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmuː/
* Hyphenation: muu
* Rhymes: -uː

### Pronoun

muu
* the other, another

### Determiner

muu
* other, another

#### Declension
### References

* Tatjana Boiko (2019) “muu”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

## Ludian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu.

### Pronoun

muu
* other

## Navajo
### Noun

muu
* (onomatopoeia) moo, the characteristic lowing sound made by cattle

## Nootka
### Numeral

muu
* four

### References

* John Stonham, Numerals and Incorporation in Nootka (1998)

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mūlum. Doublet of mulo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmuu/
* Rhymes: -uu
* Hyphenation: mu‧u

### Noun

muu m (plural *muus, feminine mua, feminine plural muas)
* male mule
    Synonyms: mũacho, mulo
* (figurative, derogatory, sexuality) pathic; bottom (man who prefers the receptive role in anal sex)

#### Descendants

* Fala: mú
* Portuguese: mu

### References

* Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “muu”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “muu”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “muu”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

## Portuguese
### Interjection

muu
* Alternative form of mu

## Ulch
### Noun

muu
* water

#### References

* Sonya Oskolskaya, Natasha Stoynova, Some Changes in the Noun Paradigm of Ulcha Under the Language Shift, 2017.

## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *muu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mu.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈmuː/, [ˈmuː]
* Rhymes: -uː
* Hyphenation: muu

### Determiner

muu
* other, another

### Pronoun

muu
* the other, others

#### Declension
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “muu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn